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active or passive

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"the position of women in the society has changed greatly over the past 20 years"
1) is this sentence is in active or passive voice
2) shouldnt it be changed as "has been ",since the "the position of women"is the object which get changed
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Re: active or passive

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The verb 'change' here is intransitive. It is therefore active, and correct/natural as written.
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